茅
Máo
Pinyin

Definition

茅
 - 
máo
  1. reeds
  2. rushes
茅
 - 
Máo
  1. surname Mao

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

初出茅庐
chū chū máo lú
  1. 1 venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom)
  2. 2 young and inexperienced
  3. 3 novice
  4. 4 greenhorn
茅台
Máo tái
  1. 1 Maotai town in Renhuai county, Guizhou
  2. 2 Maotai liquor 茅臺酒|茅台酒
三顾茅庐
sān gù máo lú
  1. 1 lit. three humble visits to a thatched cottage
  2. 2 cf famous episode in the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义 in which Liu Bei 劉備|刘备 recruits Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮 (the Hidden Dragon 臥龍|卧龙) to his cause by visiting him three times
名列前茅
míng liè qián máo
  1. 1 to rank among the best
思茅
Sī máo
  1. 1 Simao city in Yunnan, renamed Pu'er city 普洱市 in 2007
茅坑
máo kēng
  1. 1 latrine pit
  2. 2 latrine
茅塞顿开
máo sè dùn kāi
  1. 1 murky darkness suddenly opens (idiom); a sudden flash of insight and all is clear
茅屋
máo wū
  1. 1 thatched cottage
茅山
Máo Shān
  1. 1 Mt Mao, Daoist mountain southeast of Jurong county 句容[Jù róng], Jiangsu Province
茅厕
máo si
  1. 1 (dialect) latrine
茅庐
máo lú
  1. 1 thatched cottage
茅房
máo fáng
  1. 1 toilet (rural euphemism)
  2. 2 thatched hut or house
茅台酒
máo tái jiǔ
  1. 1 maotai (a Chinese liquor)
  2. 2 CL:杯[bēi],瓶[píng]
茅舍
máo shè
  1. 1 cottage
  2. 2 hut
香茅
xiāng máo
  1. 1 lemon grass (Cymbopogon flexuosus)
伯恩茅斯
Bó ēn máo sī
  1. 1 Bournemouth, UK
前茅
qián máo
  1. 1 forward patrol (military) (old)
  2. 2 (fig.) the top ranks
普利茅斯
Pǔ lì máo sī
  1. 1 Plymouth
白茅
bái máo
  1. 1 cogon grass (Imperata cylindrica), used as thatching material in China and Indonesia
茅
Máo
  1. 1 surname Mao

Idioms (5)

初出茅庐
chū chū máo lú
  1. 1 venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom)
  2. 2 young and inexperienced
  3. 3 novice
  4. 4 greenhorn
土阶茅屋
tǔ jiē máo wū
  1. 1 lit. earthen steps and a small cottage
  2. 2 frugal living conditions (idiom)
土阶茅茨
tǔ jiē máo cí
  1. 1 lit. earthen steps and a thatched hut
  2. 2 frugal living conditions (idiom)
拔茅连茹
bá máo lián rú
  1. 1 lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (idiom); fig. also involving others
  2. 2 inextricably tangled together
  3. 3 Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.
茅塞顿开
máo sè dùn kāi
  1. 1 murky darkness suddenly opens (idiom); a sudden flash of insight and all is clear

Sample Sentences

茅坑
máokēng
latrine
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服务员，再来瓶茅台！
fúwùyuán ，zài lái píng Máotái ！
Server, another bottle of Maotai!
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茅台当然好，国酒嘛。
Máotái dāngrán hǎo ，guójiǔ ma 。
Of course Maotai tastes good. It's the national liquor.
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别的酒？茅台的味道不好吗？
bié de jiǔ ？Máotái de wèidao bù hǎo ma ？
Something else? Maotai doesn't taste good?
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茅台口感好是好，可是喝起来没感觉。以前咱喝的是啥酒？你还记得不？
Máotái kǒugǎn hǎo shì hǎo ，kěshì hē qǐlai méi gǎnjué 。yǐqián zán hē de shì shá jiǔ ？nǐ hái jìde bù ？
Maotai may be delicious, but it doesn't get you drunk. What is it that we used to drink? Do you still remember?
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黄酒味道是不错，但是香味绝对没法和白酒比。开一瓶茅台，满屋子马上都是香气。
huángjiǔ wèidao shì bùcuò ，dànshì xiāngwèi juéduì méifǎ hé báijiǔ bǐ 。kāi yī píng Máotái ，mǎn wūzi mǎshàng dōu shì xiāngqì 。
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